Assessment Clear and Simple

Assessment 101 in a book – a concise, step-by-step guide written for everyone who participates in the assessment process.  This practical book helps to make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to the institution, while at the same time meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others.  Assessment Clear and Simple explores a variety of topics and shows how to

• build on assessment already in place
• use classroom work and grading process
• get faculty and department on board
• assess hard-to-define goals such as moral and civic development
• develop workable learning goals
• tailor assessment to its purposes
• select sensible assessment measures
• make criteria explicit
• use assessment to improve learning
• establish effective oversight without assessment bureaucracy
• write an assessment report
• interpret the institution’s culture to external audiences